Growth hormone and bile acid synthesis: Key role for the activity of hepatic microsomal cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase in the rat

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2239-2245

  Rudling, Mats ^a   Parini, Paolo ^b   Angelin, Bo ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3 hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase; acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase; cholesterol 7 hydroxylase; low density lipoprotein receptor; somatotropin

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0030987347     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119398     Document Type: Article

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